Caregiver Support Groups - Alzheimer’s & Related Dementia
Brunswick County – Bolivia
Universal Healthcare
1700 Old Ocean Highway, Bolivia, NC
2nd Thursday 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Heather Garrison Biagiotti 910-755-5955
Brunswick County – Southport
St. Peter Lutheran Church Southport, NC
3rd Wednesday 1:00 PM
Melannie Pate 910-686-1944
Brunswick County – Southport
Carillon Assisted Living of Southport
1125 East Leonard Street
2nd Thursday 1:00PM
Davina Schmidt910-454-4001
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Home Instead
2505 S. 17th St. Wilmington
2nd Thursday 1:00 PM
Ann LaReau 910-342-0455
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Home Instead
2505 S. 17th St. Wilmington
1st Tuesday 12:00 PM
Holly Pilson 910-395-4553 ext. 204
Melannie Pate 910-686-1944
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Early Stages Memory Impairment
For persons with and their caregivers
Registration Req.
3rd Wednesday 10:00 AM
Andrew Zeldin 910-798-6445
Holly Pilson 910-395-4553 ext. 204
Pender County – Burgaw
Pender Adult Service
901 S. Walker St. Burgaw
4th Thursday 11:30 AM
Holly Pilson 910-395-4553 ext. 204
Pender County – Hampstead
Livingstones Tabernacle
127 Sloop Point Loop Rd. Hampstead
2nd Thursday 6:00PM
Ann LaReau 910-342-0455
Chronic Pain
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
“Supporting Balance” Chronic Pain Support Group
3rd Thursday of every month
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Balance Integrative Care
2202 Wrightsville Avenue, Suite 211
Sarah Brownlee 910-232-5778
balanceintegrativecare.com
Parkinson’s & Lewy Body Dementia
Brunswick County – Southport
The Brunswick Center at Southport
1513 N. Howe St., Suite 1 Southport
2nd Tuesday 9:30 AM
David Palmer 860-377-9663
Mike Haase 910-253-6025
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
4th Tuesday 1:30 PM
NHC Senior Resource Center
2222 S. College Rd.
Deb Shulse 910-612-2917
General Caregiver Support Groups All Caregivers Welcome
Brunswick County - Leland
The Brunswick Center at Leland
121 Town Hall Drive
2nd Thursday 10:00AM-11:30 AM
Holly Pilson 910-395-4553 ext. 204
Brunswick County – Shallotte
Arbor Landing at Ocean Isle
5490 Arbor Branch Drive (2nd floor)
Shallotte
2nd Thursday 6:00 PM
Peggy Haughey 910-754-8080
Brunswick County – Shallotte
The Brunswick Center of Shallotte
2nd floor Meeting Room
Every Tuesday10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Anne Gass 910-754-2300
Brunswick County – Southport
The Brunswick Center at Southport
1513 N. Howe St., Suite 1 Southport
4th Wednesday 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Beth Caragol 910-471-1271
Rene` Tarquinio 910-454-0583
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
The NHC Senior Resource Center
2222 S. College Rd. Wilmington
3rd Monday 1:30PM
Bart Canny 910-798-6402
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
The Commons at Brightmore of Wilmington
2320 41st St. Wilmington
3rd Monday 6:30 PM
Marianna Stacy 910-512-9948
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
The NHC Senior Resource Center
ART Support Group “a place to create with other family caregivers” Limited Space
2nd Tuesday 10:00 AM
Becky Hayes 910-798-6435
Prostate Cancer
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Prostate Cancer Support
NHRMC - auditorium
1st Thursday 6:00PM
George Gardner 910-762-9953
wilmingtonprostatecancercupportgroup.com
Henry Lathrop 910-799-5478
Multiple Sclerosis - MS
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Wilmington MS Support Group
2nd Thursday at 7:00 PM
NHRMC Rehabilitation Hospital
2131 South 17th St.
Open to anyone with MS & Friends/Family
Lisa Burns 910-399-7252
Burt Masters 910-383-1368
Blind/Visually Impaired
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
No meeting in Jan
Mar – Dec New Hanover County Senior Ctr.
2222 S. College Rd. Wilmington
Feb –Apr Jumpin Run Club
1801 Jumpin Run Wilmington, NC
1st Thursday 10:00 AM
Jennifer Delong-White 910-251-5743
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
(Macular Degeneration) more clinical than social
Wesley United Methodist Church
1401 S. College Rd. Wilmington, NC
2nd Wednesday 10:30 AM
Jennifer Delong-White 910-251-5743
Grief
Lower Cape Fear Hospice website:
910-796-7900
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Widows & Widowers Support Group
The W Meet-up “Because Life Goes On and So Must We”
Home Instead
2505 S. 17th St. Wilmington
2nd Tuesday 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Ann LaReau 910-470-2378
Gayle Ginsberg 471-1660
Pender County – Hampstead
Sip & Share
Continuum Home Care & Health
16717 US Highway 17 Suite 206 Hampstead
3rd Thursday 11:00AM – 12:00PM
AmieeKryszczynski, MSW 910-270-9212
Facing Forward
Debbie Miller 910-762-7788
Mental Illness
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Caring & Sharing Support Group
2nd Monday 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Winter Park Presbyterian Church 2nd floor
4501 Wrightsville Avenue
910-772-3074
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
Mental Health Caregiver Support
4th Tuesday 2:00 PM
NHC Senior Resource Ctr. Craft Room 3
2222 South College Rd.
Dianne Phillips, LPC, Certified Gerontologist 910-471-5028
New Hanover Co. – Wilmington
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) ConnectionsRecovery and Support Group
Wednesdays 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Behavioral Health Unit (formerly The Oaks)
2131 South 17th St.
910-722-3074
List maintained by the Cape Fear Area Agency on Aging Family Caregiver Support Program. Contact Holly Pilson at 910-395-4553 or for additions. It can be found at